ELIHU BURRITT LIBRARY

150 Years of Service
1849-1999





A
Brief
Illustrated History

 

 

First Home of the Normal School located at the corner of Main and Chestnut Streets
Engraving of the First Home of the Normal School

 

Introduction

Beginnings 1850 - 1879

Years of Expansion 1880 - 1924

Stanley Street Campus 1925 - 1951

A New Building 1952 - 1967

Present Library 1968 -
     The Seventies           1968 -1 980
     The Eighties              1980 - present

Library Staff 1999

Bookplates used at Elihu Burritt Library

Library Directors, 1881 - 1999